The so-called ‘500-day rule’ says buying BTC roughly 500 days before a bitcoin halving and selling it about 500 days after would have produced profits in prior cycles.
Maelstrom co-founder Arthur Hayes says overleveraged AI data-center spending will eventually crack, forcing government bailouts and money printing that become the next major bitcoin catalyst.
A wallet holding $36 million in stolen bitcoin has become an unlikely public message board, as hack victims and opportunists pay to leave permanent notes for the thief.
Executives at Coinbase, Visa and Mastercard said they plan to support multiple stablecoins, suggesting Open USD is another payments rail rather than a direct replacement for USDC.
Samsung seeks to turn 800 million Galaxy phones into wallets for digital assets and blockchain payments, backed by a deeper play in crypto infrastructure.